5th November to 7th November 2013,
London, United Kingdom

Global MilSatCom is the leading military satellite communications conference and exhibition in Europe. The 15th annual event will bring together the industry’s key senior military representatives who use MilSatCom in their operations alongside the world’s leading SatCom solutions providers and operators.

Global MilSatCom is in our and many of our client's opinions, the best networking event of its kind in the world. Due to the event selling out year on year since 2005, we are delighted to move to a NEW and bigger venue, Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel London to accommodate the increased demand – Global MilSatCom 2013 is set to be our biggest and best event to date.

Global MilSatCom 2013 will give you access to:

• Over 100 senior military representatives from across the world
• Larger exhibition space allowing more networking opportunities with the leading operator and SatCom solutions providers in the Global MilSatCom Arena
• More content than ever before: This year’s programme has been designed with the help of our industry-focussed Advisory Board made up industry experts including the UK MoD
• Industry-leading Keynote Addresses from the UK, Canada, France and Spain
• Key presentations discussing the latest topics within the SatCom community: New nations to speak this year include Australia, Ukraine and Philippines
• Region-focussed conference agenda for more specialised content: Day 1 will focus on EU including the Host Nation, Day 2 - NATO and the Americas and Day 3 - The Rest of the World
• Live panel discussion allowing attendees to interact and discuss the future of MilSatCom
• Unbeatable networking opportunities: Meet with the industry’s most senior military figures and the leading SatCom providers all in one place

New For 2013:

• Event pad- Following the success of last year’s event we will be supplying all attendees with an event pad
• New Dinner on Day 1 sponsored by Eutelsat
• Video for sponsors- To commemorate our 20th year in business, SMi Group has commissioned a video production company to visually record elements of this year’s conference. A new sponsorship package will be made available to potential sponsors that will include the points below.

1. A 90 second compilation video introduction of the 3 day event and the evening functions.

2. One (five minute) interview with your speaker.

3. One (30 minute) speaker slot. Your speaker will present their conference presentation in private in our video suite located in the hotel.

In times of austerity and faced with challenges of budget cuts across the defence sector, it is now more important than ever to learn about how to manage your MilSatCom capability. This conference will be looking in particular at how to overcome these challenges, along with the shifting emphasis from long-term mission to short-term mission and how this impacts your SatCom strategy.

Key topics to be addressed:

• How to manage the problem of interference- a growing challenge in the SatCom industry
• Dealing with the challenge of budget cuts across the defence sector whilst maximizing information security
• The prevelance of SatCom in the Asia Pacific region and the implications for the industry
• Balancing commercial and military SatCom in the light of defence budget cuts
• Investigate the MilSatCom opportunities in the Ukraine and their communication satellite LYBID
• Hear an update of the Beyond Line of Sight Programme direct from the host nation
• Discover the new COMCEPT Programme assuring an extension of SatCom capability in France both from the users and the operators
• Learn about Brazil’s new SatCom requirements and how they plan to achieve them

Past delegates have said the following of the event:

"Highly professional presenters who delivered high quality information." Selex

"Well done. Once again this year has been better than the previous ones. Many veterans of the conference agreed on this. Well done." Orbital Sciences

“Global MilSatCom is an excellent opportunity to hear and meet THE leading experts from Europe on all matters related to Military SatCom”. USAF

"A very useful conference and a good mix of technical, operational and policy topics."NATO HQ C3 Staff

"Thank you SMi!" Thales Alenia Space

"Our primary source of information and networking for MilSatCom"Advantech

10:20 Morning Coffee

10:50 Future World Security Will Need More Satcoms

Bringing High Operational Security, Flexibility and Innovative Anti-Jamming Features to Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Beyond

What are the future tools for counter-terror control?

New opportunities for the military sector thanks to Eutelsat's extensive and long-standing market experience

11:20 Ultra-Fast Broadband Satellite Network for the French Military

Speaker Confirmed, , Astrium Services

Collaboration to create the system ‘Comcept’

Broadband satellite capacity over and above that provided by the existing Syracuse system

Enabling technologies – making the right choice

11:50 French Defence SatCom Roadmap

• National context
• Short term extension of capability : ATHENA-COMCEPT, KA-band network
• Ensure the continued existence of core capability

Speaker Confirmed, , Ministry of Defence, France

Speaker Confirmed, , DGA France

12:20 SatCom for Critical Defense and Security Missions

• Scope of the considered operational cases
• Communications availability and security when deploying and moving in critical environment
• Broadband secure services with the combination of SatCom and 4G (LTE) technologies
• Illustration of operational cases and the previous solutions benefit

13:20 Networking Lunch Sponsored by Thales Communications

14:40 MSS and FSS – Distinction Without a Difference

Speaker Confirmed, , Inmarsat

• The challenges for militaries across the world are increasing, with a wider range of threats and ever tighter budgets
• Fortunately, Satcom and related C4ISR networks are concurrently undergoing unprecedented change as MSS and FSS capability converges
• Inmarsat’s Global Xpress Ka band and HDR L-Band service provide practical examples of how technology is unlocking entirely new approaches to the evolving military challenges

15:40 Afternoon Tea

• What are the Intelsat EpicNG satellites and how are they different from other commercial satellites and other high throughput satellites?
•. Case studies highlighting government / military applications use cases including Aeronautical en-route and ISR, maritime, COTM, and tactical comms links, demonstrating dramatically improved throughput, protection features and lower overall cost basis

16:40 European Approach for Pooling and Sharing Governmental SatCom

Speaker Confirmed, , European Defence Agency

Update on European SATCOM Procurement Cell (ESCPC)

EDA concept for Secure Telecom by Satellite (SECTELSAT)

Radio Spectrum aspects, EU and national perspectives

17:10 Enabling Assured Connectivity for International Military Partners – Protected EHF SatCom for the Price of Unprotected

17:40 Chairman's Closing Remarks and End of Conference Day One

18:00 Drinks Reception sponsored by SES

20:30 Dinner sponsored by Eutelsat

8:15 Registration & Coffee

8:40 Chairman's Opening Remarks

8:50 Current and potential future MilSatCom architecture in the U.S

Speaker Confirmed, , MilSatCom Systems Directorate

9:20 Commercial SatCom: The Importance of a Defined Role in the Future DoD Architecture

Speaker Confirmed, , SES Government Solutions

• In an austere budgetary environment, global government requirements and SatCom supply must be viewed and planned holistically
• Commercial satellite industry responds to investment-grade stimuli and invests on behalf of strategic customer
• The way the government buys today poses obstacles to securing critical comms capability at an affordable rate in the future
• The pivot to the Asia Pacific presents challenges in having sufficient satellite communications infrastructure to meet National Security Objectives – what has to change

• Waveform and networking developments in next generation Affordable Protected SatCom networks
• Optimising SatCom architectures and Cloud Computing to provide war fighters with the most reliable and relevant information at their fingertips
• Bridging Multiprotocol/Multitransport networks to provide sensor and ISR data dissemination

12:20 Networking Lunch sponsored by Hughes Networks Systems

13:40 Achieving More with Less: Deployed Communication and Information Systems for the Next Decade

14:10 Update on Brazil’s SatCom Requirement

Speaker Confirmed, , Brazilian Air Force

Improving the country’s space segment

The future of MilSatCom in South America

Collaboration with France in SatCom

14:40 Operational SatCom Management

Speaker Confirmed, , USSTRATCOM

MilSatCom Management: Constellations, Policy and Operations COMSATCOM

Management: Policy, Requirements Developments and Operations

Future Expectations

15:10 Afternoon Tea

15:40 Comms – Where you want it, When you want it

Speaker Confirmed, , O3b Networks

•The advantages of a medium earth orbit constellation
•How to provide communications where and when needed - reliable, flexible and secure global communications.
•What is the true benefit of lower latency
•Lessening the need for acceleration

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Director of Government Solutions, Europe and NATO, Harris CapRock

Speaker Confirmed

, Philippine Navy

Speaker Confirmed

, Advantech Wireless

Speaker Confirmed

, MilSatCom Systems Directorate

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